Charles M. Mackes

February 19, 1996|The Morning Call

Charles M. Mackes, 79, of 170 Second St., Schwenksville, died Sunday in Grand View Hospital, West Rockhill Township. He was the husband of Margaret A. (Koehler) Mackes for 36 years in November and the late Arlene C. (Renninger) Mackes.

He was a conductor for the former Reading Railroad for 38 years until retiring in 1976.

Born in Allentown, he was a son of the late William and Anna (Gay) Mackes.

Survivors: Wife; son, Charles M. of Manassas, Va.; daughters, Shirley Loy and Ethel Fazio, both of Allentown, and Darlene Hamm of Hatfield; brothers, Robert of Peach Bottom, Lancaster County, and George of Pottstown; sister, Joyce McGrath of Glen Eagle; stepdaughters, Nancy Hessler of Lansdale, and Patricia Hefflin and Marjorie Horsefield, both of Schwenksville; stepson, Robert Shirk of Schwenksville; 21 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.